Infant&#39;s folding bath stand and dressing table



Jan. w, 1956 Q T, DE'PUY ET AL 2,494,164

INFANTS FOLDING BATH STAND AND DRESSING TABLE Filed April 22, 1945 2 ShetS-Sh6t l Char/es 7. DePuy MW/am C. 50x zer INVENTORS A TTORNE Y Jan. 10, 1950 c. T. DE PUY ET AL 2,494,164

INFANTS FOLDING BATH STAND AND DRESSING TABLE Filed April 22, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig.5

INVE ToRs ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 10, 1950 r INFANTS FOLDING BATHSTAND DRESSING TABLE 1 Charles'i De -Pay, Brighton, andxWilliam G. Bax-.- ter, Rochester, N. Y., assignors to 'lrimble Nurseryland Furniture, 1110., Rochester, N. Y.,

AND. I

a corporation of New York Application April 22, 1946, Serial 'No. 664,131 r This invention relates to an infants foldin bath stand and dressing table, with particular reference to. the; type of construction. employing a C l apsible cross-legged stand with a flexible tub supported therebetween and a dressing table movably mounted thereon, and it has for its purpose to afford a simple, pr ctical, and economical form of utility tray pivotally mounted between the innermost legs beneath the tub and adapted to. be positioned horizontally when in use or folded to a position alinement with the legs when the stand is collapsed.

-A further: purpose of the inventionis to afford a construction that is particularly adapted to a utility tray formed of sheet metal such as aluminum and enables assembling such a metal tray readily so that it is permanently but firmly secured to the leg-frame.

Another object of the invention is to afford a simple and convenient means for controlling downward movement of the tray and holding it in horizontal operative position, such means being retracted into alinement with the leg-frames when the parts are folded and automatically movable to engage the tray and limit its movement when the later drops into operative position.

Still an additional purpose of the invention is to afiord a. construction that is particularly useful in connection with metal leg-frames that are connected for folding through the instrumentality of pivotpins that extend inwardly from the legs and afford supports for the utility tray that is mounted thereon. v To'these and other ends, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts that will appear clearly from the following desoriptiomwhen read in conjunction with-the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in the claims following the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in end elevation of a folding bath stand and dressing table with a preferred embodiment of the invention incorporated therein and showing the parts in operative position;

Fig. 2 is a similar end view partially broken away, showing the leg-frames and utility tray in folded positions;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated and showing the tray in plan;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken longitudinally of the tray and centrally of its pivotal support;

1 Claim. (C1. 21-1149) Fig. 5 is a view in front elevation showingthe tray in operative position in section, and

Fig. 6; is an enlarged detail view in side elevation, partially broken away; looking from left to right of Fig. 5, and showing in. dotted lines the. position of the tray as. it is folded upwardly.

Referring more particularly to the drawin s in which like reference. numerals refer ,to the same parts throughout the several views, I' and 2 designate the legs of the front leg-frame while 3 and 4 d ignate the les f th rear lee-frame; Between the leg-frames is secured a flexible tub 5, while 6 designatesa dressing table pivotallr mounted onthe-rear leg-frame and adapted to be supported on the top rail of the. ,front' legframe when in horizontal position, as shown-in Fig. 1. The dressing tablemay-be elevated to upright position, suchmovement being limited, by-

- a screen 7 and screen frame 8 pivoted to. the-rear leg-frame,- while 9 designates an actuating rod connected to an extension H) on the hingeplate H of the dressing table and con-trolled by: a treadle l2 pivoted to the leg -frame. l3 designates a controlling spring that isconnected at its upper end to the extension to of: the hingeplate and: at its lower end to a fastening device on the-adjas cent leg. When the stand is. to be folded the dressing table isfirstelevated, the leg-frames are collapsed into parallel relationship, and the dressing table folded. downwardly in front of the leg-frames to hold the latter in folded relation, The parts thus far described are disclosed in Patent Number 2,481,577 of September 13, 1,949; and the instant application has todoparticularly with the cons uction of the utilitytray employed iior-holding'various toilet articlespiecesr s clothing, orthe like, and which will. now be described indetai-l. i I

The utilitytray. which is formed of sheetv metal such as aluminum, comprises a bottom wail l4 that terminates at its edges in an integral curved rim formed by bending the outer edge portion of the tray upwardly, outwardly, and downwardly upon itself to afford an outer wall [5 spaced from and integrally connected to an inner wall [6, the. tray being located and pivotally mounted between the inner legs I and 2 of the front leg-frame.

The legs are of metal such as aluminum of U- shaped cross-section with the open sides of the channels facing inwardly toward each other, and at their central portions, the channels of the legs are provided with wooden block inserts l1, while l8 designates bolts or pivot pins extending through the legs and blocks to pivotally connect the leg-frames and permit their collapsing. The

3 bolts or pins I8 are secured in position by means of the inner nuts 19 and the pins I8 extend beyond the nuts 19 inwardly of the leg-frames and toward each other to afford terminal portions which pivotally support the tray.

The distance between the two opposite end walls l of the tray is slightly greater than the distance between the innermost ends of the supporting pivot pins 18, and the marginal portion of the tray is sufficiently flexible to permit the walls l5 to be sprung inwardly in order to permit openings provided in the walls Hi to engage the inner ends of the pins or bolts l8, and the tray is thus securely and permanently held in position on the leg-frame.

It is desirable to provide simple and effective means for holding the utility tray in operative position and limiting its downward movement,

and to accomplish this, each leg I and 2 has pivotally supported on its inner face at a point above the tray and forwardly of bolts l8, as on the pins 2|, a supporting member in the form of a swinging gravity bar 22 which at its lower end is provided with an inwardly and upwardly projecting stop portion 23 that interlockingly engages the lower exposed edge of the wall of the tray and extends upwardly between the spaced walls 15 and 16, as shown in Fig. 5.

Each gravity bar 22 is pivoted above and forwardly of the pivotal supports or pins 18, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, and thus serves to hold the tray in horizontal operative position. The utility tray is free to move upwardly away from the stop portion 23 and so can be folded into parallel relation to the legs when the latter are folded, as in Fig. 2, and when in this position, the gravity locking bars 22 swing over to vertical position in alinement with the legs on which they are mounted. When the stand is unfolded for use, the locking bars 22 automatically swing by gravity to the vertical position illustrated in Fig. 1 and are thus in position to engage the bottom edges of the walls l5 of the tray as the latter drops to its horizontal position, beyond which it cannot travel because of the stop portions 23 on the locking bars.

While the invention has been described with reference to the particular construction shown, it is not confined to the details disclosed, and this application is intended to cover such changes or modifications as may come within the purposes of the improvement and the scope of the followingclaim.

We claim:

, In an infants folding bath stand and dressing table, the combination with inner and outer leg frames comprising metal legs of U-shaped crosssection with the open sides of the channels facing inwardly, wooden insert blocks at the central portions of the legs, and pivot pins extending through and pivotally connecting adjacent legs and insert blocks of the leg frames to permit their collapsing, said pivot pins having exposed inner ends extending inwardly beyond the legs of the inner leg frame, of a sheet metal tray pivotally arranged between the legs of the inner leg frame and including a rim comprising an outer wall with an exposed bottom edge and an inner wall integrally connected to the outer wall by a curved top portion, said outer wall having lateral openings at opposite ends of the tray engaging the inner ends of said pivot pins and said outer walls being yieldable permitting the tray to be removably supported on said pivot pins by springing said walls over the ends of the pins, the distance between the end walls of the tray being slightly greater than the distance between the innermost ends of the pivot pins, and gravity-controlled supporting members comprising rigid bars pivoted to the legs of the inner leg frame at points above and forwardly of said supporting pins adjacent to the ends of the tray and having swinging movement in planes adjacent and parallel to the planes of the outer end walls of the tray, said rigid bars being disconnected from the tray and having inwardly and upwardly curved interlocking portions at their lower ends which act as weights to hold the bars at all times in vertical position and which automatically engage under and support the bottom edges of the outer end walls of the tray and are located between the outer and inner walls of the tray at points forwardly of said pivot pins when the tray is lowered and automatically assume a position in line with the adjacent legs when the leg frames are folded permitting free upward folding movement 8f the tray independently of the rigid supporting ars.

CHARLES T. DE PUY. WILLIAM C. BAXTER.

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